🟥 This is Baraa Abu Silaa. She was 10 years old. Israel and America starved her to death.
She weighed less than 25 pounds. Her ribs and spine protruded through her skin. She wore a plastic bag as a diaper. Her father held her lifeless body in his arms. And the world said nothing.
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Today I saw photos of a little girl whose death broke something deep inside of me.
Her name was Baraa Abu Silaa.
She was just 10 years old.
And she is now dead. Starved to death in Gaza.
Her photos — three of them — are among the most haunting images I’ve seen since this genocide began. In one, her father is holding her limp body in his arms. And her face, her little face… her eyes are somehow still open. Piercing. Haunting. Empty.
She probably weighed 25 pounds, maybe less.
Her ribs are violently protruding — almost bursting through her thin, broken skin.
Her shoulder blades and spine are so pronounced they look like they’ve been laid on top of her body instead of inside it.
And she is wearing what appears to be a plastic grocery bag as a diaper — because Israel has banned diapers, baby formula, and hygiene products from entering Gaza for months.
LOOK AT THE GROCERY BAG USED AS A DIAPER!!!!
This is what the genocide looks like.
And the world still refuses to stop it.
🚫 She waited for food, but death came first.
Every time her father left to search for food, he came back with nothing.
Nothing to feed her. Nothing to treat her. Nothing to ease her suffering.
Until the last time — when he came home and learned that his daughter had died while he was out trying to save her.
And now he holds her lifeless body in his arms.
⚠️ No trucks. No milk. No medicine. No mercy.
Yesterday, Israel claimed it was allowing daily “humanitarian pauses” and “secure corridors” for aid trucks.
But today, not a single aid truck entered Gaza.
None. ZERO. They lied.
The Gaza humanitarian agencies confirmed it — and so did on-the-ground reports. And we all know why.
Because these announcements aren’t real. They’re propaganda.
Just like the false claims that Hamas stole the aid.
Just like the stories about “terrorist bunkers” under hospitals.
Just like the denials of targeting civilians.
It’s all a lie.
And children like Baraa pay the price.
🏴 This isn’t neglect. It’s extermination.
Don’t call this negligence.
Don’t call it a breakdown of logistics.
Don’t call it unfortunate.
Don’t call it war.
This is genocide. And Baraa was its latest victim.
She didn’t die because food didn’t exist.
She died because food was blocked.
Formula was banned.
Medical supplies were denied.
Evacuation routes were sealed.
And starvation was used as a weapon of war.
That’s what Israel is doing — with the full backing of the United States.
🤬 If this happened to an Israeli child, the world would stop.
You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it.
If a 10-year-old Israeli girl was found starved to death, with her ribs bursting through her skin, and her spine exposed, and her father holding her body, and she was wearing a grocery bag as a diaper — it would be on the front page of every paper in the world.
World leaders would fly in.
Emergency summits would be held.
And they’d declare that no cost is too great to stop it.
But because it’s Gaza — because she’s Palestinian — they look away.
🛡️ We’re telling these stories because no one else will.
CNN won’t cover this.
The New York Times won’t show the photo.
Democrats or Republicans won’t say her name.
But we will.
Because Baraa matters.
Because this genocide must be documented.
Because if we don’t carry her story, no one will.
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With heartbreak and rage,
Shaun
Everything about this is such an abomination. It's a grave sin. I truly think that every person that did this, directly or indirectly, is going to hell.
Palestine is the litmus test for the Class War on Humanity.
This is an important and bone chilling truth.
The bottom line, a new standard has been set by our governments.
If children can be slaughtered in open view, then there is no longer even the pretense of the sanctity of life.
These horrors could have ended a long time ago, the blood of these innocent, beautiful people is on the hands of many nations.
"This is not just about Palestine, though Palestinian suffering is both the symptom and the test of our collective humanity. This is about the revelation that beneath the surface of geopolitical competition and ideological difference lies a shared commitment among ruling elites worldwide to the preservation of a global order built on violence, extraction, and the subordination of the many to the few.
The Palestinians have become the sacrificial offering on the altar of this global consensus. Their genocide serves as both punishment for their refusal to accept subjugation and warning to others who might dare resist.
Every government that enables this slaughter – whether through direct military support, economic assistance, diplomatic cover, trade, or simple silence – is declaring its allegiance to a world order that views certain peoples as expendable."
"The Palestinians and the axis of resistance stand alone not because they lack global sympathy – millions march in their support – but because the structures of power, from Washington to Amsterdam, from Brussels to Riyadh, have determined that their survival threatens the stability of an order built on their destruction.
This is the true horror of our moment: not just that genocide is happening, but that virtually the entire world is actively participating in making it possible. We are witnessing not just the destruction of Gaza, but the moral collapse of human civilization itself.
The question that haunts us is not whether this genocide will end – all genocides eventually do – but what kind of world will remain when the rubble is cleared and the dead are counted. A world that can coordinate so efficiently in the service of annihilation has revealed something fundamental about its character. And that revelation should terrify us all."
https://bettbeat.substack.com/p/time-to-admit-itthis-is-a-global?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=437130&post_id=168778049&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=18ngxp&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwY2xjawLzUJFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkqtj_t34wQ7IUYpaFF9L0zSwn0FlD0RM-LTIFzwCR0LuB9WAU7q8Df4Yf0T_aem_lgTE5ShvlFgFB0IFP3_isA